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What was the Holocaust? |
The persecution and mass murder of the Jewish people by the Nazis |
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Name two African Americans who won medals at the Berlin Olympic games in 1936? |
Jesse Owen and Joe Lewis |
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What were the Nuremberg laws 1935? |
Laws that stopped Jews being German citizens. Banned marriage between Germans and Jews. Banned sexual relations between non-jews and Jews |
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What was the kristallnacht 1938? |
The night of broken glass when thousands of Jewish shops were smashed and arrested |
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When were Jewish people forced into ghettos? |
1940 onwards |
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What were German soldiers ordered to do when they invaded Russia in 1941? |
Kill every Jew they came across |
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What was the final solution? |
The Nazis plan to destroy the Jewish people |
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Who was in charge of the final solution? |
Heinrich Himmler |
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Name two of the death camps? |
Auschwitz and Treblinka |
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How many Jewish people were killed by the Nazis by the end of the war? |
6 million |
